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Report: Woman whose body was found in Hyde Park forest was kidnapped in South Boston
By adamg on Wed, 07/24/2013 - 11:49am
The Globe reports the woman whose body was found in Stony Brook Reservation yesterday was kidnapped and forced to withdraw money from ATMs before she was stabbed to death.
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Well
Thats pretty disturbing.
Disturbing in deed.
A truly horrible report to read. She was also a very young woman. I can't imagine what compels a person to do something like this.
I detest armchair detectives
..and yet that doesn't quite add up.
I'm guessing not random.
Such assaults leading to
Such assaults leading to murder are thankfully somewhat rare around here, but this is truly horrifying. I hope there are surveillance images. What time did this happen? And was this the section of Dorchester Street across from the projects? Wasn't an old lady killed in her apartment on Dorchester Street last year? Southie seems to be having a meltdown this summer.
i'm boiling. i'm fed up with
i'm boiling. i'm fed up with seeing more poilce working construction details than walking the streets. i'm fed up with boston police making $100K each, but can't solve a murder. i'm sick of seeing junkies on the streets and the trains. i'm sick of public housing being infesteted with criminals and deadbeats. i'm sick of a mayor that can't take on one seriouis issue plaging this city. enough is enough.
A lot of people are unhappy about this
What are you going to do about it?
Anger is an energy, but not a solution.
Because she is white?
Why didn't the story of a woman being shot multiple times in Mattapan get you this upset?
p.s. What time is Nancy Grace on?
Oy--chill.
All murders are horrific but a kidnapping-stabbing murder of a young woman who had no connection with her murderer is going to get more attention. Does this really surprise you? It's like the multiple shooting in Mattapan--if there hadn't been a young woman and a toddler involved, no one would've blinked an eye.
Bullshit....
It's going to get more attention because the victim was a young, urban professional white woman. If she was an unemployed black woman whose address was on Fowler Street in Dorchester, you'd only see it mentioned briefly. Just the way it is..
So you're saying...
that if it a young black woman from Dorchester were kidnapped at knifepoint, robbed and stabbed multiple times by a total stranger, and then it turned out he had tried the same thing with several young women in the area, it would barely garner a mention? I dont think so. Either way, it's a freakish occurrence and it's going to get attention, no matter the race of the victim, whereas homeless white guy stabs other homeless white guy at DTX or black drug dealer in Mattapan shoots other black dealer in Mattapan--not so much.
Short answer
Yes. Given the amount of violence in less desirable neighborhoods that only get reported here, you'll of course take note of Boston.com's screaming headline at the moment.
Interesting reply,
Interesting reply, considering that all we've heard about for the last week is Travon Martin. Even more ironic when you consider how many THOUSANDS of other young black men have died due to gun violence. I guess the media only cares about black men being shot is when the gun is held by a white (Hispanic) man.
Gonna say no
What doesn't get reported is domestic assault and abuse, because it so prevalent and how most of these crimes end up. Nonrandom acts of violence between people that know each other rarely get media time outside of sleepy suburbs with police logs that focus on loose dogs and houses getting egged. And even then it takes a murdered for the Jones chronic problems to get past the local gossip of the neighborhood and friends.
But stuff like this just doesn't happen. Thugs killing thugs in turf wars, and the families and fiends that shield them getting caught up in it, just isn't surprising to most people.
Still, it is all about ratings. And rare, interesting stories sell ad space.
I agree.
Race is an issue here, simply because there are a lot of white people who see this story and say "this could happen to me or my daughter/sister/wife/mother/friend".
When a black woman gets killed in the city, most white people will first think that it was a crime that only happens to black people who choose to live in a black neighborhood or choose to act a certain way.
Sad but true imo.
The race card will get you nowhere
It's unfortunate you don't realize how absolutely pathetic you look by playing the race card here. It's almost like you are so focused on a competition of which race suffers more that you've lost your humanity. ( a competition where no one wins I might add)
This is a horrible crime because it was so random, so vicious, and so senseless. The person could have just robbed her for the money, the stabbing was unnecessary.
Sounds about right
Because we should never judge the newsworthiness of a murder based on the color of the victim's skin, right?
**Cough** **Cough** Trayvon **Cough** **Cough**
p.s. where are the white race pimps, aka "leaders," to start the protests over the murder of these white girls?
You should become a detective...
...so you an show us how easy it is to solve crimes like this.
Thanks for your comment
You know what I see at those police details working construction sites? Officers texting. Or chatting on the cell phone, likely with their girlfriends. I don't see very much patrolling or directing of traffic. What are we paying them for?
You're not paying them, at least not directly
Cops on details are paid by the companies doing whatever work it is they're allegedly overseeing. It's separate from their city paychecks.
Adam
stop knocking down straw-men. This is obviously a unions fault that is paid for out tax dollars stolen from liberal PC yuppies, or something.
not near the projects
She lived above YoBerry which is not near the projects. It is right near the intersection of W and E Broadway...typically thought of as a safer area
Does anyone know what ATM
Does anyone know what ATM this happened at? Was it in the early morning or late at night?
Blood on Hands of Banking Industry
http://www.wickedlocal.com/belmont/news/x593062895...
The Massachusetts banking industry has fought simple ATM safety measures (such as panic/911 buttons) for more than a decade. Simple safety measures that have been commonplace in NYC for years are opposed by the banks here. Did you know, for example, that any plastic card with a magnetic strip -- like an old MBTA pass - can allow you to gain access to an ATM lobby? Did you know that there is no requirement to have video recording equipment?
word?
Did you know, for example, that any plastic card with a magnetic strip -- like an old MBTA pass - can allow you to gain access to an ATM lobby?
Didn't know that, thanks for helping my hustle
Card Readers Give the Illusion of Security
You're absolutely right; any magnetic card will unlock the door to an ATM lobby. Those door locks only give the illusion that the lobby is somehow a secure or safe area.
There have also been cases where hackers used the door lock readers to glean card number information, while using hidden cameras near the ATM to obtain customers' pin numbers. You can protect yourself from that scam by always using a different card to open the door, than the card you're actually going to use with the ATM.
Hey dumbass: RACE was not shared with the news until 27hrs later
I think what you are all forgetting here with regards to what race gets headlines. Is that they didn't release the victims name or RACE until 27hrs later. AFTER the extensive news coverage. So I guess the news stations being so racist decided "hummm women stabbed to death found in Hyde Park. Must be a white girl". Lets make that a headline cause we THINK she's white....yea if your going to comment on the story make sure you have the facts.